Rose AMAL Professor
	location	Room 415 F10
	telephone	9385 4361
	facsimile	9385 5966
	email	r.amal@unsw.edu.au
	School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia

Qualifications	B.Eng (Chemical Engineering, UNSW, 1988) Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering, UNSW, 1991)
Employment	2004 - present: Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry 2004 - present: Director, NSW/ACT node, ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials 2001 - 2003: Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, UNSW 1997 - 2003: Director, Centre for Particle and Catalyst Technologies, UNSW 1995-2000: Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, UNSW 1992-1995: Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, UNSW
Research Interests	Professor Rose Amal has been involved in the area of particle technology for over 10 years. During the last 5 years, she has undertaken extensive research into fine particle aggregation, photocatalysis and more recently, nano-particle synthesis and their applications. She has also applied her expertise on characterisation of particle microproperties as well as particle macroproperties in relation to the solid-liquid separation technologies. She has secured a large number of external grants from sources including the Australian Research Council (ARC), CRC-Waste Management and Pollution Control (WMPC), Environmental Trust Funds and the Sugar Research Development Corporation (SRDC). The total funding amassed has exceeded $4million. She has published over 120 refereed papers and has strong links with various industry members and public sectors. To view Professor Rose Amal''s research group, click: http://www.pcrg.unsw.edu.au
Selected Publications	Selomulya, C., Bushell, G., Amal, R. and Waite, T. D. (2003), “Understanding the Role of Restructuring in Flocculation: The Application of a Population Balance Model”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 58: 327-338. Tan, T.T.Y., Beydoun, D. and Amal, R. (2003), “Photocatalytic reduction of Se(VI) in aqueous solutions in UV/TiO2 system: kinetic modeling and reaction mechanism”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107(18): 4296-4309. Tan, T.Y., Beydoun, D. and Amal, R. (2003), “Effects of organic hole scavengers on the photocatalytic reduction of selenium anions”, J. Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 159(3): 273 -280. Tan, T.Y., Beydoun, D. and Amal, R. (2003), “Photocatalytic Reduction of Se(VI) in Aqueous Solutions in UV/TiO2 System: Importance of Stoichiometric Ratio of Reactants on TiO2 Surface”, J. Molecular Catalysis, 202(1-2): 73-85. Chiang, K., Amal, R. and Tran, T. (2003), “Photocatalytic oxidation of cyanide: kinetic and mechanistic studies”, J. Molecular Catalysis A. Chemical 193: 285-297. Tan, T.Y., Beydoun, D. and Amal, R. (2003), “Effects of Nano-Ag Particles Loading on TiO2 Photocatalytic Reduction of Selenate Ions”, Chemical Engineering Journal , 95 (1-3): 179-186. Watson, S., Beydoun, D., Scott, J.A. and Amal, R. (2003), “The effect of preparation method on the photoactivity of crystalline TiO2 particles”, Chemical Engineering Journal 95, (1-3): 213-220. Selomulya, C., Bushell, G.C., Amal, R. and Waite, T.D. (2003), “Aggregate properties in relation to factors influencing aggregation under various applied shear environments”, J. Minerals Engineering - in press. Halim, C.E. Amal, R., Beydoun, D., Scott, J.A. and Low, G. (2003), “Leachability of Heavy Metal Ions from Cementitious Waste”, Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing, 12 (3-4) 355 - 368 Vamathevan, V., Amal, R., Beydoun, D., Low, G. and McEvoy, S. (2004), “Role of Ag+ ions in Photocatalytic Decomposition of Different Organic Matters in Water”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 98, 127-139. Halim, C.E. Amal, R., Beydoun, D., Scott, J.A. and Low, G. (2003), “Evaluating the applicability of a modified Toxicity Characterisctic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) for the classification of cementitious waste containing lead and cadmium”, Journal of Hazardous Waste Management, 103[1-2], 125-140. Nguyen, V., Amal R., and Beydoun, D. (2003), “Effect of formate and methanol on photoreduction/removal of toxic cadmium ions using TiO2 semiconductor as photocatalyst”, Chemical Engineering Science, 58 : 4429-4439 Hermawan, M., Bushell, G.C., Bickert, G. and Amal, R. (2003), “Relationship between Floc Short Range Structure and Sediment Compaction”, Part. and Part. Syst. Characterisation , 20 (5), 327-334. Hermawan, M., Bushell, G.C., Bickert, G. and Amal, R. (2004), “Characterisation of short range structure of silica aggregates - Implications to sediment compaction”, J. Minerals Engineering 73, 65-81. Foong, K., Amal, R., Doherty, W. and Edye, L. (2004), “Flocculation of Silica by High Molecular Weight Polysaccharides”, Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing, 12 (3-4), 345 -354. Halim, C., Amal, R., Beydoun, D., Scott J. and Low, G. (2004): Implications of the structure of cementitious wastes containing Pb(II), Cd(II), As(v), and Cr(VI) on the leaching of metals. Cement and Concrete Research, in press, available online 14 January 2004. Halim, C.E., Scott, J.A., Natawardaya, H., Amal, R., Beydoun, D. and Low, G. (2004), A comparison between acetic acid and landfill leachates for the leaching of Pb(II), Cd(II), As(V), and Cr(VI) from cementitious wastes, Environmental Science and Technology (in press). Scott, J., Beydoun, D., Amal, R., Low, G., and Cattle, J. (2004), Landfill management, leachate generation and leach testing of solid wastes in Australia and overseas, accepted for publication in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. Hermawan, M., Bushell, G., Craig, V., Teoh, W.Y., and Amal. R. (2004), “Floc Strength Characterisation Technique - An Insight into Silica Aggregation”, Langmuir, 20, 6450-6457 Watson, S., Beydoun, D., Scott, J., and Amal, R., (2004), ''Preparation of nanosized crystalline TiO2 particles at low temperature for phtocatalysis'', J. Nanoparticle Research, 6, 193-207 Nguyen, Vi, Beydoun, D., and Amal, R., (2004), ''Photocatalytic reduction of selenite and selenate using TiO2 photocatalyst'', J. Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, 171, 117-124 Young, C., Lim, T.M., Chiang, K., Amal, R., (2004) “Photocatalytic Degradation of Toluene by Platinized Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst”, Water Science and Technology, 50(4): 251-256. Lam, S.W., Chiang, K., Lim, T.M., Amal, R., Low. G.K.C., (2004) “Effect of Charge Trapping Species of Cupric Ions on the Photocatalytic Oxidation of Resorcinol”, Appl. Catal. B. Environ., 55: 123-132. Scott, J.*, Beydoun, D., Amal, R., Low, G., and Cattle, J. (2005), Landfill management, leachate generation and leach testing of solid wastes in Australia and overseas, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 35 : 239 -332. Halim, C.E. Scott, J., Amal, R., Short, S., Beydoun, D.,Low, G., Cattle, J. (2005), “Evaluating the applicability of regulatory leaching tests for Assessing the hazards of Pb contaminated soil” , Journal of Hazardous Materials B120: 101 -111. Lam, S.W., Chiang, K., Lim, T.M., Amal, R., Low. G.K.C., (2005), “The role of ferric ion in the photochemical and photocatalytic oxidation of resorcinol”, J. Catalysis 234: 292-299. Nguyen, Vi, Amal, R., Beydoun, D., (2005), “Photocatalytic reduction of selenium ions using different TiO2 photocatalysts”, Chemical Engineering Science 60: 5759 -5769 Halim, C.E., Short, S., Scott, J., Amal, R.,Low, G. (2005), “Modelling the leaching of Pb, Cd, As and Cr from cementitious waste using PHREQQC”, J. Hazardous Materials A125 : 45-61. Coleman, H.M., Marquis, C.P., Scott, J.A., Chin , S.S., Amal, R. (2005), “Bactericidal effects of titanium dioxide-based photocatalysts”, Chemical Engineering Journal 113:55-63. Coleman, H.M., Chiang, K. , Amal, R. (2005), “Effect of Ag and Pt on photocatalytic degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals in water”, Chemical Engineering Journal 113: 65-72. Watson, S., Scott, J., Beydoun, D. and Amal, R.,(2005), Studies on the preparation of magnetic photocatalysts, J. Nanopart. Res., 7(6), 691-705 Teoh, W.Y., Mädler, L., Beydoun, D., Pratsinis, S.E. and Amal, R., (2005) , Direct (one-step) Synthesis of TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Mineralisation of Sucrose, Chem. Eng. Sci., 60, 5852 Teoh, W.Y., Denny, F., Amal, R., Beydoun, D., Mädler, L. and Pratsinis, S.E., Photocatalytic mineralisation of organic compounds: A comparison of flame-made TiO2 catalysts, Topics in Catal. (2005) (Accepted) Tran, H., Chiang, K., Scott, J. and Amal, R., Understanding Selective Enhancement by Silver during Photocatalytic Oxidation, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 4 (8), 565-567 (2005)
Societies	Member-IChemE Member-AWWA
Teaching Areas	Fluid Flow Particle Mechanics Environmental Management